Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

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Chapter Seventeen

1. What was Harry’s great revelation about Snape and Quirrell?

2. Who was Quirrell’s master?

3. How did Harry wind up in possession of the Sorcerer’s Stone?

4. Where did Harry see Voldemort’s face revealed?

5. How was Quirrell kept from doing a curse on Harry?

6. What ultimately happened to the Sorcerer’s Stone?

7. Why was the Sorcerer’s Stone ultimately not such a wonderful thing?

8. How did Harry’s mother’s love for him protect him against Quirrell?

9. Why had Professor Snape tried to protect Harry?

10. How had Harry managed to get the Sorcerer’s Stone out of the mirror?

11. What present did Hagrid bring to Harry in the hospital wing?

12. How did Gryffindor wind up winning the house cup?

13. Which student was most surprised at being awarded points?

14. Why did Harry say that he would actually have a good holiday with the Dursleys?

Vocabulary - Harry Potter Chapter Seventeen

Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues

Below are the sentences in which vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any

clues you can find in the sentence, combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.

1. Quirrell raised his hand to perform a deadly curse, but Harry, by instinct, reached up and grabbed

    Quirrell’s face–

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2. “....As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose

    above all–the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for

    them.”

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3. “....It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.”

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4. Hermione looked ready to fling her arms around him again, but Harry was glad she held herself in as    

    his head was still very sore.

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5. “Hagrid!” said Harry, shocked to see Hagrid shaking with grief and remorse, great tears leaking down

     into his beard.

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6. Someone standing outside the Great Hall might well have thought some sort of explosion had taken

    place, so loud was the noise that erupted from the Gryffindor table.

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Part II: Determining the Meaning

___ 99. instinct                                     A. burst, spewed

___100. knack                                     B. natural behavior

___101. agony                                     C. special talent

___102. fling                                        D. regret

___103. remorse                                  E. extremely painful

___104. erupted                                   F. throw